Tag: bees
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October 2023 General Meeting featuring Doug Tallamy and the Little Things
Doug Tallamy of the University of Delaware joined us to offer an inspiring talk about how we can each, on a small scale but with a large cumulative impact, help support the little things that we all depend on. We did not do any door prizes this month and unfortunately, we forgot to bring the…
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Piping
There’s an interesting discussion on Bee-L about piping (if you don’t know Bee-L you should check it out). In 1964 Harald Esch wrote the following: Harald Esch, 1964: Novices that follow the dancing bees can stop the dancers by eliciting a “Piep-Laut” (piping). A dancer which has already been accepted is attacked if it doesn’t…
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August 2023 General Meeting featuring Selina Bruckner from the Lopez Uribe Lab
Selina Bruckner of the Lopez Uribe Lab spoke to our group on 8/17. She presented the data developed by Robyn Underwood and others evaluating three somewhat typical approaches to keeping bees. This excellent research identified distinct families of beekeeping practice that can be evaluated based on measurable outcomes. Organic management, which I would say is…